Suryakanta Patil


Suryakanta Patil was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. She represented the Hingoli & Nanded constituency of Maharashtra and was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. Later in 2014, resigned from party and joined Bhartiya Janata Party along with Dr. Madhavrao Kinhalkar.
She was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Place of Birth: Waiphana, Nanded, Maharashtra.
Marital Status: Married on 2 January 1966.

As Journalist

Editor, Godawari Times - a daily in Marathi
President- District Journalist Association since 1980.
Journalist-Editor, Political and social worker, Trade Unionist
Literacy Artistic and Scientific Accomplishment

Political career

Corporator, Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation

Within Party

1971: President-District Congress Committee, Nanded.
1972-74: General Secretary-District Youth Congress
1977-78: Founder- Member D.C.C. Nanded
1980: Member- Municipal Council Nanded
1980-85: Member- Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
1981-82: Chairperson- Committee of Subordinate Legislation
1981-85: General Secretary- Pradesh Youth Congress, Maharashtra
1991-96: Executive Member-CPP Congress Parliamentary Party
1997-98: Vice President- Pradesh Congress Committee

In Legislature

1986-91: MP- elected from Maharashtra from Indian National Congress party.
1988-89: Member- Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals
1988-90: Member,Committee of Rules
1991: Elected to 10th Loksabha from Nanded Loksabha constituency
1998: Re-elected on 12th Loksabha
1998-99: Member Committee of Defense and its Sub-Committee-I
Member Joint Committee of Empowerment of women and its Sub Committee on Appraisal of laws relating to women -Criminal Laws
1999-2004: Vice Chairperson- of Maharashtra Council of Agriculture Education and Research, Pune
2004-2009 - MP & Minister of state in Ministry of Rural Development from NCP Quota.

Special interest

Solving problems of women, Labour Movements, rural Development and Upliftment of poor and downtrodden
Favorite Pastime Recreation: Reading, listening to music and enjoying nature
Sports and Clubs: Swimming, shooting and table-tennis

Countries Visited

Japan, U.S.A., China, Egypt, U.K., Germany, New Zealand, U.A.E., Guatemala, Nicaragua.

Other Information

Imprisoned thrice during Janata regime and appeared before the Shah Commission.